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MACK BENN, Jr. ELEMENTARY David LeFevre, Principal

Dana Bilby, Assistant Principal

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Current Status

2011-2012Fully Accredited

2012-2013Accredited with Warning in Reading

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3 Year Reading SOL Results

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2011 80

2012 90

2013 54

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3 Year Writing SOL Results

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Year of Administration 5th Grade Writing

2011 81

2012 85

2013 45

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3 Year Math SOL Results

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Year of Administration % 3rd, 4th, and 5th Math Combined

2011 89

2012 71

2013 61

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3 Year History and Social Science SOL Results

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Year of Administration % 3rd, 4th, and 5th History and Social Science Combined

2011 71

2012 81

2013 77

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3 Year Science SOL Results

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Year of Administration % 3rd and 5th Science Combined

2011 80

2012 88

2013 72

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Focus - Reading Demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts

3rd Grade 57% 4th Grade 44% 5th Grade 58%

Demonstrate comprehension of non-fictional texts 3rd Grade 59% 4th Grade 56% 5th Grade 50%

Use word analysis strategies and word reference materials 3rd Grade 59% 4th Grade 46% 5th Grade 45%

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Focus - Math Computation and Estimation

3rd Grade 51% 4th Grade 71% 5th Grade 51%

Number and Number Sense 3rd Grade 54% 5th Grade 43%

Measurement and Geometry 3rd Grade 53% 4th Grade 76% 5th Grade 48%

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Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity

• Weekly Professional Learning Community (PLC) to discuss and share strategies across all content areas

• Monthly staff in-services and trainings • Tiered Instruction will be noted in lesson plans• Alignment of written, taught, and tested

curriculum to lesson plans• Learning Walks across grade levels

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Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity

• Creation of specific strategies across the content by data team

• Leadership team uses DataCation to track and monitor the progress of Tier II and III students in reading and math to share with teachers during PLC meetings

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Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity

• Reinstituted running records on all students monthly to track fluency, miscues, accuracy, and comprehension

• Implemented breakfast in the classroom• Developed a lesson plan format for Reading

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Strategies to Increase Student Achievement & Teacher Capacity

• Monitoring of teacher lesson plans to– ensure rigor and remediation – expand critical thinking and cognitive level– administer standard-aligned formative and

summative assessments• Establishment of the parent Roundtable to

involve parents as stakeholders

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Awards and Achievements• NASA Explorer School National Honor School• First Lego League: 1st Place Core Values• BASF Kids’ Lab provides scientists and materials to

conduct four experiments with every fifth grader at MBES

• Newport News Shipbuilding provides engineers and materials to conduct engineering design challenges with every fourth grader at MBES

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Awards and Achievements• Smithfield Foods provides environmental

investigations with students in grades 3-5• Suffolk Education Foundation Grant for Magformers

Geometric Manipulatives $548• Dominion Foundation Grant for Environmental

Materials $1000• Target for Family Reading Night Grant $1000

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MBES Read-a Thon

Oil Dispersion Lab with Smithfield Foods Talented Art Students

Service Project

Physical Adaptation Investigation

BASF Kids’ Lab Chromatography

Kinetic vs. Potential

Energy

Making Inferences

Power Day Sequencing Activity

Amazing Marlins

Robotics Team